Nothing to do today but smile....

Greetings,

The weekend is upon us again. I have a paper I must buckle down and write, which seems to be the on going story of my life.
Tomorrow we will be celebrating my Dad's birthday, really a typical Sunday at Moms only with cake and gifts.
I have been thinking a lot about time passing, and all of the changes that occur with this. Yesterday my little Annie, who is not so little any more, called to tell me she is engaged. Sometimes I look at her and I still see the little girl who was afraid of thunderstorms and carried my baby around like little Miss Mama. Most of the times I look at her and that is still how I see her. Now she is a Mom and getting married to a wonderful young man. I couldn't be happier. When she called me I was holding her sisters little boy in my arms, and he is still a tiny little baby with sweet milky breath. I whispered in his ear, Auntie is getting married as a tear trickled down my cheek.
Where does the time go? It passes by so quickly. When I was a child summers seemed so endless, riding bikes and laying out at the pool. As we get older, especially once we have children it is like years turn into minutes, time passes by so quickly. I vividly can look back and recall all of these key moments in my life, my best will forever be having my baby. My baby who will be 17 this year. My baby who could now lift Annie up and carry her around on his hip. Where did it all go?
Life does not slow down, it keeps on moving, make sure you don't miss it. Make sure you capture those moments. Make sure you capture the joy. The simplest acts; playing in a crunchy pile of leaves, collecting stones at the beach, sharing an ice cream cone eventually end up being cherished memories. Sweet milky kisses being a thing of the past. Live each day with gratitude and without regrets.  Tell people that you love them and tell them why. Make sure you LIVE and LOVE as time is so precious.

Best Wishes Annie and Daniel~I love you both!
Love and Light!

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love